Noobie Question(s) - Page 3

Arkcon · #21 January 8th, 2003, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by dbt1949:
Another question. Where can I find a good decription of the standard races that come with the game. The manual gives a good thumbnail decription but I was looking for one that shows the complete decription like when you open up your own description while playing the game and it says things like +10% production or somesuch.

Thanks!

Like the Captain says, I've never seen a list like that. Sounds like a project for you. I know I don't often play a race without moving around the race characteristics.

[ January 08, 2003, 15:25: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

dbt1949 · #22 January 8th, 2003, 06:55 PM

Thanks for your replys. I guess that's what I'll have to do.

Arkcon · #23 January 8th, 2003, 09:31 PM

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Originally posted by dbt1949:
Thanks for your replys. I guess that's what I'll have to do.

When you start doing it for the TDM Modpack races, you'll find out what it takes to make a race tough -- but you'll spoil all the adventure of finding out.

I remember the Arquilians, I saw them and said oh, organic -- *yawn* organic armor and weapons. Heh, they have so much aggressiveness and defensiveness they really cut me down. Who would have thought their favorite weapon was .......transmission ends

[ January 08, 2003, 22:20: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

capnq · #24 January 8th, 2003, 11:50 PM

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Where can I find a good decription of the standard races that come with the game. The manual gives a good thumbnail decription

IMO, that entire section of the manual shouldn't have been included. For me, part of the fun of the game is discovering how the different alien races behave; the manual gives too much away. Most of those "thumbnail" descriptions are lifted verbatim from the AI_General files, anyway.

dbt1949 · #25 January 9th, 2003, 11:36 AM

Not a question this time,just a comment. Here it is 3:30AM and I've been playing SE4 for 8 hours straight. Well,almost.I've had 3 bathroom breaks.

mottlee · #26 January 9th, 2003, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by dbt1949:
Not a question this time,just a comment. Here it is 3:30AM and I've been playing SE4 for 8 hours straight. Well,almost.I've had 3 bathroom breaks.

Come on just 1 more turn!

"Honey Come to Bed"

Just 1 more turn

Dang 4 AM

1 more

dbt1949 · #27 January 10th, 2003, 06:09 AM

I have noticed when researching the extraction facilities that I can research past level three but I can never build past level three.(and it doesn't seem to have any extra effect on my output)

What's going on here?

Thanks

Phoenix-D · #28 January 10th, 2003, 06:21 AM

"I have noticed when researching the extraction facilities that I can research past level three but I can never build past level three.(and it doesn't seem to have any extra effect on my output)"

After level III you get a different set of facilities, that if built increase the amount of resources you get. Ex: build one and it increases the minerals made on that planet by 10%.

However, they're mostly useless, since they are expensive to research and there are cheaper, better alternatives- namely the Robotoid Factory from the Computers tech tree.

Phoenix-D

dbt1949 · #29 January 10th, 2003, 06:40 AM

Ah,that explains it. Thanks!

Arkcon · #30 January 10th, 2003, 06:45 AM

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:

However, they're mostly useless, since they are expensive to research and there are cheaper, better alternatives- namely the Robotoid Factory from the Computers tech tree.

Phoenix-D

Just remember, robotoid factories not cheaper to build than the mineral scanner et al. They take longer to come Online, and time is money.

That said, I hardly ever research them. But if I got them from a ruin ... well, why not